Richard Leonard Thurber1

b. 7 October 1872, d. 1954
Richard Leonard Thurber|b. 7 Oct 1872\nd. 1954|p7507.htm|Harley Thurber|b. 23 May 1849\nd. 1919|p7503.htm|Margaret Wilson|b. 1847\nd. 1934|p7504.htm|Learned R. Thurber||p7492.htm|Louisa A. Stevens|||Richard Wilson|||Margaret Cassidy|||

2nd cousin 1 time removed of Ruth Minerva Fairfield.
2nd cousin 3 times removed of Laura Jane Munson.
Family Background:
Fairfield and Allied Families
     Richard Leonard Thurber was born on 7 October 1872.2,3 He was the son of Harley Thurber and Margaret Wilson.1 He married Eva May McFadden.1 He died in 1954.1 He was buried in Evergreen Rest Cemetery, Thetford Centre, Vermont.1
     
Additional Data
Richard Leonard Thurber registered for the World War I draft 12 September 1918 at Grafton County, New Hampshire. Described as tall and medium built with blue eyes and brown hair, he was a naturalized citizen living in Lisbon, New Hampshire, where he worked as a sounding board manufacturer for the Parker-Young Company. He listed his wife Eva May Thurber as his nearest relative.2

Citations

  1. [S721] Gwen Rawlings Barry, "Thurber, King, Learned and Hicks," e-mail message from e-mail address (Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia) to Laura M. Cooper, 28 Jan. 2000.
  2. [S918] World War I Selective Service Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, (National Archives Micropublication M1509, roll 1711719). Original images published online by Ancestry.com, Provo, UT, 2002-2005.
  3. [S721] Gwen Rawlings Barry, "Thurber and King info," e-mail to Laura M. Cooper, 28 Jan. 2000, (gives 1873 as year of birth; no day or month).